Chris Marquardt - The Film Photography Handbook: Rediscovering Photography in 35mm, Medium, and Large Format

Monika Andrae is an award-winning online specialist. She is also on a mission: to make the increasingly technical photography world a little more creative. Andraes podcast, Monis Motivklingel, has a large number of followers and her blog is a thrilling mix of everyday and creative topics. Together with Chris Marquardt she co-hosts the Absolut Analog film photography workshops.

Photo: Pax Ahimsa Gethen

Chris Marquardt is a photographic mythbuster and the host of Tips from the Top Floor, the worlds longest-running photography show. His photography podcasts have won multiple international awards. He has taught photography all over the planet, including Europe, Africa, North America, and Asia. He has often accompanied photographers to the worlds highest photography workshop at the Mt. Everest base camp. Marquardt is a regular on Leo Laportes Tech Guy radio show, which is syndicated across the United States and reaches an audience of millions.

Monika Andrae
Chris Marquardt

The Film Photography Handbook:

Rediscovering Photography in 35mm, Medium, and Large Format

Chris Marquardt, Monika Andrae

Editor: Maggie Yates

Project manager: Lisa Brazieal

Marketing: Jessica Tiernan

Translation: Almut Dworak

Layout and type: WolfsonDesign

Cover design: Helmut Kraus, www.exclam.de

Graphics: Peter Marquardt

ISBN: 978-1-68198-064-5

1st Edition (1st printing, April 2016)

2016 Chris Marquardt and Monika Andrae

All images Chris Marquardt and Monika Andrae, unless otherwise noted

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In terms of photography, we are analog natives. Our teachers were single-lens reflex film cameras. As digital photography began its triumphant conquest, we did what many others did: we stashed the analog film photography treasures in the cupboard and spent the next few years diving deep into the digital world. As hybrid beings, we are happy with the transition to digital, but still think back to consider our origins with film.

The Film Photography Handbook was born from our rediscovered passion for film photography. If you suspect our efforts are driven by nostalgia, you are only partially right; our motivation is more about greater closeness to the subject matter and the excitement of digging deeper into a different medium. The skills youll learn for film photography will open new doors in many areas of the world of digital photography, as well. As an added bonus, working with the limitations of analog photography has shown us new, creative opportunities for shots that we hadnt thought about for years.

For those who are curious, we offer workshops on film photography on our website, www.thefilmphotographyhandbook.com . These workshops are helpful to photographers of all levels, from novices to seasoned photographers. We would like as many people as possible to share these experiences and we welcome participants of all ages. Even among the digital natives, we are noticing a growing curiosity regarding the essence of film-based photography.

We can show you how to:

• develop film
• scan in a hybrid workflow
• get from the negative to a high-quality print
• have a new creative experience by playing with box cameras, toy cameras, and pinhole cameras
• get into the world of medium and large format

We look forward to your visit.

Curious? Have a look at some videos from our workshops. These are geared for newbies, and offer information on scanning and large format: www.thefilmphotographyhandbook.com/videos

Film photography is one of those art forms where an enormous multitude of different opinions, experiences, and beliefs thrive. Particularly in the age of blogs, social networks, and a huge number of online communities on this topic, its unavoidable that some of these differing opinions will clash. Finding common ground is not always easyin the digital world, we are working with discrete numbers and defined states. But in the analog realm, we generally tend to talk about continuous and fluid boundaries between states. This offers an ideal feeding ground for voodoo and self-styled shamans of all colors.

Correspondingly, along with the accurate knowledge and helpful information out there, you will also find a lot of half-knowledge oreven worsepure nonsense. We have taken great care to avoid all the nonsense here. Our book is completely rooted in the knowledge weve gained through our years of experience. We dont claim to have all the answers to all the questions. But we are always curious to learn more, and we constantly ask Why? We give reasons and background knowledge about the topics in this book, and in those areas where this book cannot offer enough room for digging more deeply, we offer sources that can provide more information.